Yes, I know the neighbor is too close. However, I am not as wealthy as You People.
So the past few idle weeks have been the skies gathering strength to open up their downpour of utter celestial nonsense upon us all. This week is dominated (of course) by MERCURY RETROGRADE, but what’s fascinating is that it’s interacting with so much other stuff, and that other stuff is also bouncing around leading to every day this week involving some conjunction or alignment between any or all of the Sun, the Moon, the Earth, Venus, MERCURY RETROGRADE and Saturn. Oh, and Mars crosses into Pisces tomorrow too. So all this week is about stress and destruction of relationships and one’s domicile with particular hazards happening on Wednesday, Thursday and Saturday, though ironically the Saturn issues are not on Saturday. Relationships that survive Monday should last for a while regardless of the shocks this week brings though.
Part of the usual weekend route. Lily typically goes over the fences at this time of year.
The cards are really supporting the MERCURY RETROGRADE predictions for some of you.
Pisces: The Star reversed – Arrogance, haughtiness, impotence.
Aries: 10 of Coins – Gain, riches, family matters, archives, extraction, home.
Taurus: 6 of Coins reversed – Desire, cupidity, envy, jealousy, illusion.
Gemini: 8 of Wands reversed – Jealousy, internal dispute, stingings of conscience, quarrels.
Cancer: The Chariot – Succor, providence war, triumph, presumption, vengeance, trouble, majesty
Leo: 5 of Swords reversed – Degradation, destruction, revocation, infamy, dishonor, loss, burial, obsequies.
Virgo: King of Cups – Fair man, man of business, law, or divinity.
Libra: 7 of Swords reversed – Good advice, counsel, instruction, slander, babbling.
Scorpio: Page of Cups – A studious youth; news, message; application, reflection, meditation.
Sagittarius: Knight of Cups – Arrival, approach, advances, proposition, demeanor, invitation, incitement.
Capricorn: 4 of Wands – Country life, haven of refuge, a species of domestic harvest-home, repose, concord, harmony, prosperity, peace,
Aquarius: 9 of Cups – Concord, contentment, victory, success, advantage; satisfaction.
The best part of winter is having a clean dog.
“ Cancer: The Chariot – Succor, providence war, triumph, presumption, vengeance, trouble, majesty ”
I gonna get laid after I bomb Iran?
Hopefully not with 72 virgins.
From a couple of dead threads ago, re invasions of Iran:
Many people don’t appreciate how precious the British position was in the Middle East in ’41. They had Rommel threatening Egypt and the Suez Canal from the east and Vichy France ensconced in Syria to the north. Plus the Germans were suborning the Iraqis and were lavishing expensive ‘gifts’ on the then shah of Iran (on the order of the German gift to the fictional ruler in Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade. Reza’s father was notoriously corrupt). To the British anything that was a potential threat the Canal could not be tolerated. In addition the Russians were eyeing Iran for their warm-water which would threaten India (this was before Operation Barbarossa, when Russia & Germany were ‘allies). When the pro-German Iraqis launched their coup the British acted.
In ’53 Mossdegh was cozying up to the Soviets, possibly to create distance between himself and the British (for which I can’t blame him). But I also believe he was ideologically leftist. Doing that in the depths of the Cold War was enough for the Dulles brothers to act.
These are not excuses to overthrow governments. But they are reason that seemed valid at the time to those who overthrew them.
Speaking of Dulles (IAD), right on top of my list of Shittiest Airports. (Again, I have many lists.)
Changi (SIN) in Singapore remains King. Damn.
Yep, I understand and it was tough luck. But that country has been a mess ever since.
Yeah, but it’s Lindsay Graham.
Neighbors too close.
I am jealous of your foliage. It would help block the new neighbors and their damn lights a little. I miss sleeping though the night and being able to see the Milky Way.
https://ibb.co/t5VX9nr
JFC
About 350’ from my bedroom window.
Move ten miles out of town so you can bring town life to your neighbors (including three barking dogs) and look at the world through your brand new 80” TV!
It gets “better” when sitting on my patio waiting for the Aurora it reflects off of my shop into the back yard!
I am not a stoic. https://ibb.co/hxHj2hKV
WTF? That is lit up like the alien landing site in “Close Encounters”.
They are turning them off during the daytime now.
They come on as soon as they get home and stay on until they leave in the morning.
Have you talked to them about it?
Honest first thought: I only know such lighting in grow rooms.
Asked them politely the first week after they built and moved in.
They turned them off for about an hour and then immediately back on.
My guess is they’re scared being out in the boondocks.
Degradation, destruction, revocation, infamy, dishonor, loss, burial, obsequies.
Sufficiently shitty.
Nope to all of that. Lately the Leo horoscope hasn’t been predictive at all for me.
Hope that keeps up.
Indeed
@NA, is that really where you live? That’s GORGEOUS. It looks so bucolic.
Bucolic.
I’m a gonna have to look that up in the thesaurus.
I dated an English major for a year. I refused to play the Oxford English Dictionary Game with her. It looked like pure torture.
https://boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/21217/oxford-the-great-oxford-game-of-the-english-langua
Bucolic – causing inflammation of the buccal glands, resulting in charictaristically rounded faces and ruddy cheeks.
/lies
Sounds like the humors are out of whack.
Break out the leaches.
Their insurance doesn’t cover leeches, they’ll have to try diet and exercise.
Someone addicted to butane?/insufficiently-educated guess
That’d be a butaholic. Not to be confused with buttaholic, which is a proctologist.
“My dad says butane is a bastard gas.” – Bobby Hill
Get ahold of Poe for the bleeding.
Pie, dangit
That’s an out of network provider. Definately not covered.
What is the white stuff on the ground. As I am in Northern Colorado, I am completely unfamiliar with the concept (this year).
Haven’t you heard of a cotton field?
Yeah, any of those could be a Christmas card.
Bucolic is one of those words that doesn’t sound like what it’s describing. It’s a VERY ugly word (like penis) and yet it describes beauty.
Moj
https://m.youtube.com/shorts/ussPKVn20ew
Taurus: 6 of Coins reversed – Desire, cupidity, envy, jealousy, illusion.
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That’s an unpleasant omen, damn, considering my activities for this Sun/Mon off. Thankfully, I got some NHL to watch as I kick off this week’s search for Meaningful Employment.
I freely but reluctantly admit, this is vacation time as ‘Rents snowbird. Just puppy and me for another week. I haven’t been on the ball as much as I should while they’ve been away. Semi-good news, the gas stn is being remodeled in a month, kinda putting a natural ‘deadline’ on when new shit needs to start.
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Neighbors too close? Humble brag, right there. Damn ‘property owners.’ World’s all your oyster, ain’t it?
That’s farmers. They act as if they can see it it belongs to them. Regardless of who holds title to it.
The guy would subdivided our lots made a couple of long skinny ones. Acreage without space. Wife is finally ready to put up a fence on one side.
14 years and I’m ready to move I’ve the new neighbors.
Look, Garmin, I should not have to delete the old map data from the microSD card manually when doing an update. You know it’s a big enough card, you know that’s old map data. Delete it yourself.
Okay, Glibs – I’ve had this GPS for a long time, definately gotten my money’s worth off the initial investment. But it’s starting to give me more and more problems of late.
Anyone have a recommended model? I haven’t researched the issue iages, but I prefer less dependency on cloud anything.
TIL UCS doesn’t have a smart phone…
The one I have had for almost 18 years is still running strong. Won’t take new maps and hasent for over a decade.
The one we replaced it with runs slow so I still use the old one.
I like the Garmin interface as well.
Sean I can’t figure out how to use my phone as a gps. So I run a gps.
🚪🚪🚪 – 🤯
Smartphone makes for a shit GPS. I prefer a dedicated device.
I’m with UCS.
Phone sucks.
I can’t figure out how to make it tell me my speed.
The font is too small to read.
Damn phone keeps changing between north up, 3/4 view or travel direction up.
Phone will back out of
My destination too.
They make a crap GPS.
Then I live in the NW where there are not cell towers every 2000’. It’s not downtown Seattle where there is 100% coverage.
I hate the 5G changeover as well coverage here has gotten worse as 5G is shorter range.
I’m right there with Sean.
Uh. Turn maps on and it’ll sort yourself out. Without any extra shit. They’re good at maps. This isn’t complicated.
Threedoor, my slightly beloved, is talking about way different shit than I am. I’m talking about getting to a spot in Kokomo or something. I ain’t delivering shit to no one, and I can read my simple shit on my thigh as I drive.
I’ve tried doing that over the years Evan.
It keeps doing the same failures I listed off be it Google or Apple
Maps.
Apple Maps through my phone on the pickup’s infotainment is better than the GM pre loaded system. I’ll give it that. Still not as good as the Garmin standalone.
Evan. Some times I’ll do last mile on the phone to compensate for my 18 year old GPSs lack of updated maps.
Most of the time I travel around the NW without needing the thing. 20+ years of going to the same job sites has that trained into me.
EPL Relegation update, round 28 (29 for Arsenal and Wolves):
Mathematically Safe: Arsenal, Manchester City*
Reasonably Safe: Manchester United, Aston Villa, Liverpool, Chelsea, Brentford, Everton, Fulham
Safe for now: Bournemouth, Brighton, Sunderland, Newcastle United, Crystal Palace
Danger Zone: Leeds United, Tottenham Hotspur, Nottingham Forest, West Ham United
Toast: Burnley, Wolverhampton
Relegated: none
*Its been years and years now, but apparently the 60 point sword of Damocles is still hanging over City’s head. That would drop them from safe to relegated if it were to happen. West Ham would appreciate it.
City has just about run out the clock on FFP. New rules will be coming into effect and I would bet serious money the case will be declared moot.
Aquarius: 9 of Cups – Concord, contentment, victory, success, advantage; satisfaction
Acceptable.
Mahmoud Ahmadinejad Is gone too.
Letterman hit hardest.
Not going to miss that asshole being dead. When I lived in NYC and he would come out to the annual General Assembly of the UN he always did the same small dick move. He wouldn’t stay near the UN or in Iran’s embassy he would stay in the same hotel at the south end of Manhattan. Why? Because the security zone to protect the hotel would close the Jewish museum next door.
“ Leo: 5 of Swords reversed – Degradation, destruction, revocation, infamy, dishonor, loss, burial, obsequies”
Sounds about right
Sagittarius: Knight of Cups – Arrival, approach, advances, proposition, demeanor, invitation, incitement.
What a tease.
Threedoor-
Start a rumor your neighbors are running an ICE detention compound.
Where I’m at the would get fruit baskets and high fives.
When I hear my neighbors shooting I know they are home and OK.
When they hear me shooting they know the world has just lost a woodchuck or porcupine.
Coyotes and abandoned cats in my neighborhood.
And the one guy that has the auto sear.
Anyone like Phoenix? French band. Amadeus Mozart Phoenix is a *remarkable* album.
A part one, I suppose. Lisztomania is a good place to start:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QXtfX050l9k
I do.
That’s nice.
Kinda in the vein of modest mouse/Snow Patrol/Shiny You Guns.